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Project Management

A practical project-management course that turns goals into coordinated delivery through scope, planning, stakeholders, risks, communication, execution control and closure.

24 hOnlineIntermediate

Objectives

  • Write a clear project charter and scope.
  • Break work into deliverables, tasks, dependencies and milestones.
  • Map stakeholders, risks and communication.
  • Track issues, changes and decisions without bureaucracy.
  • Close with acceptance, handover and lessons learned.

Recommended tools

What professionals use for this course, with a free or open-source option wherever there is one.

  • Detailed schedules, Gantt charts and resources.

  • JiraFree plan

    Running a project in sprints and tracking each task.

  • NotionFree plan

    Notes, plans and to-do lists in one place.

  • TrelloFree plan

    Tracking tasks in columns (to do, doing, done).

  • OpenProjectOpen source

    Free project management: Gantt, tasks and team.

    Alternative to Microsoft Project

  • GanttProjectOpen source

    Free Gantt charts on your computer.

    Alternative to Microsoft Project

Lessons

  • Course OverviewReading
  • Charter, outcome and scopeReading · 25 min
  • Work breakdown and dependenciesReading · 25 min
  • Stakeholders and communicationReading · 25 min
  • Risk, issue and change controlReading · 25 min
  • Tracking progress and riskAssignment · 40 min
  • Execution, acceptance and lessonsReading · 25 min
  • Validation quizQuiz · 15 min
  • What next? Tools and your pathwayReading · 5 min